Episode 137 - The Beep Beep Boop Boop Episode

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec 10:35)</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield</p><p>16th January 1983: Lotus 1-2-3 Goes on Sale</p><p>The Lotus Development Corporation releases <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_1-2-3">Lotus 1-2-3</a> for IBM computers. While not the first spreadsheet program, Lotus was able to develop 1-2-3 because the creators of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc">VisiCalc</a>, the first spreadsheet, <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/the_VisiCalc_spreadsheet_program">did not patent their software</a>. 1-2-3 outsold VisiCalc by the end of the year and 2 years later Lotus bought out the assets of VisiCalc and hired its main creator as a consultant.</p><p>25th January 1979: Robot Kills Auto Worker</p><p>Robert Williams of Michigan was the first human to be killed by a robot. He was 25 years old. The accident at the Ford Motor Company resulted in a $10 million dollar lawsuit. The jury deliberated for two-and-a-half hours before announcing the decision against Unit Handling Systems, a division of Litton Industries. It ordered the manufacturer of the one-ton robot that killed Williams to pay his family $10 million. The robot was designed to retrieve parts from storage, but its work was deemed too slow. Williams was retrieving a part from a storage bin when the robot's arm hit him in the head, killing him instantly. In the suit, the family claimed the robot had no safety mechanisms, lacking even a warning noise to alert workers that it was nearby.</p><p>21st January 1981: It Could Go at Least 88 MPH</p><p>Production of the iconic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_DMC-12">DeLorean DMC-12</a> sports car begins in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunmurry">Dunmurry</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. While not truly a technological achievement, the DeLorean became known as a symbol of the high-tech 1980’s.</p><p>Daves - <a href="https://twitter.com/HackingDav